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Game Piece with the Blinded Samson Led by a Boy to the Philistine Temple of Dagon
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Walrus ivory, German
Rights: Public Domain
The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Cloisters Collection 1988
Title: Game Piece with the Blinded Samson Led by a Boy to the Philistine Temple of Dagon
Description:
Walrus ivory, German.
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